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  • noun dated The Vietnamese language.
  • noun Inhabitant or resident of Annam.
  • adjective Of or from Annam

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Examples

  • The population of Indo-China is chiefly Annamite, that is, of Chinese descent, with substantial minority groups of Cambodians and Chinese, as well as several other races living in the mountain regions in the north and west, some being Thai, and others the real originals of the country-savages, but very interesting to live with.

    Indo-China and the Japanese 1941

  • These include the Sumatran striped rabbit, hispid hare, Amami rabbit and the Annamite striped rabbit, only discovered by scientists in 1995.

    'Year Of The Rabbit' Actually Threatens Furry Animal AP 2011

  • These include the Sumatran striped rabbit, hispid hare, Amami rabbit and the Annamite striped rabbit, only discovered by scientists in 1995.

    'Year Of The Rabbit' Actually Threatens Furry Animal AP 2011

  • Furthermore, Gracey “admitted that he had violated his early promise not to intervene politically in the affairs of Indochina, giving as his excuse that when he made the promise he did not appreciate the strength of the Annamite movement.”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Furthermore, Gracey “admitted that he had violated his early promise not to intervene politically in the affairs of Indochina, giving as his excuse that when he made the promise he did not appreciate the strength of the Annamite movement.”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • The large-antlered muntjac, discovered in 1994, has been photographed for the first time, in Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area in the Annamite Mountains, Laos.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • In 1999, however, researchers discovered another striped rabbit in the Annamite Mountains that straddle Lao PDR and Vietnam.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • Although both species seem similar in appearance, genetic samples from both revealed the Sumatran and Annamite striped rabbits are closely related but separate species from one another.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • Confined to the wet evergreen forests in the Annamite lowlands of Vietnam and the Lao P.D.R., saola is under threat from severe habitat degradation and conversion, as well as indiscriminate snaring, which may increase with ongoing road construction projects in its habitat.

    Biological diversity in Indo-Burma 2008

  • Although the Dipterocarpaceae is an ecologically significant element of the lower-elevation wet evergreen forests, the species richness in this family is lower than that of similar habitats in the southern Annamite Range.

    Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests 2008

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